GREENVILLE — William Lee “Billy” Grimshel died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at his residence in Greenville. He was 54.

A native of Vicksburg, he had lived most of his life in Rolling Fork and was a retired veteran of the Army, serving 19 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Locie and Mary Frances Barnes Grimshel.

He is survived by a son, Jeffrey Grimshel of Nanih Waiya, Miss.; one sister, Sissy McCarty of Vicksburg; one brother, Johnnie Grimshel of Redwood; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Golden Link Cemetery in Anguilla. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Friday until the service.

Pallbearers will be Johnnie Dale Grimshel II, Gus Grimshel, Billy Poe, Dalton McCarty, Richard Jones, James Norris Jr., Russell Wigley and Wesley Miller.

Honorary pallbearers will be Arthur Lawler, Clayton Norris and Joshua Norris.

Memorials are requested to the Blaire E. Batson Children’s Hospital, c/o University of Miss. Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216.